Plate Motion Amplify Ch.1

During class, Ava, Joseph, and Maya were discussing the Earth's structure. They were trying to identify the outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water. What is this layer called?

• plate

• mantle

• outer layer

• surface

the place where two plates meet

• cross section

• pattern

• surface

• plate boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

• outer layer

• cross section

• plate boundary

• plate

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

something we observe to be similar over and over again

• rate

• surface

• analyze

• pattern

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

a sudden shaking of Earth's surface

• earthquake

• pattern

• tornado

• storm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

fossils

• evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints

• the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates

• to examine in detail for a purpose

• a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Mesosaurus

• an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see

• Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water

• the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano

• an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is Earth's outer layer undenearth the surface in the image? / ¿Cuál es la capa exterior de la Tierra debajo de la superficie en la imagen?

• sand and water / arena y agua

• sand / arena

• water / agua

• hard solid rock / roca sólida dura

Plate Boundary

• The place where two plates meet; most volcanoes and earthquakes occur here.

• The location where the food falls onto the table.

• Where one country ends and another begins.

• The edge of your patella.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A team of geologists wants to study hard, solid rock under the surface of Earth. The team is considering drilling down in the North Atlantic Ocean (1) and in Sierra Leone (2). Where will the team find hard, solid rock?

• only under 2, because Earth’s outer layer is made of hard, solid rock under continents but not under the ocean

• under 1 and 2, because Earth’s entire outer layer is made of hard, solid rock

• neither under 1 nor 2, because there is water under both places

• neither under 1 nor 2, because there is sand and gravel under both places